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Shaping the Age. Though much of his own attention was concentrated on the countinghouse, Ochs also had a talent for filling his editorial offices with some of the legendary greats of journalism. From 1904 to 1932, Ochs's news columns were controlled by Managing Editor Carr Van Anda, the sort of man who could decide for himself that Britain's great new liner Titanic was not as unsinkable as all the proud publicity claimed. While other editors doubted the authenticity of the first SOS, Van Anda concluded that Titanic was indeed sinking. He deployed his staff...
...board. Presided over by his father, the board includes Punch himself and a strong family cast: his mother Iphigene, his sisters Ruth and Marian, and his brother-in-law Richard Cohen. Outsiders on the board include Vice President Bancroft, retired World Banker Eugene Black, and Carr Van Anda's son Paul. The family also holds two-thirds of the voting stock. Patriarch Sulzberger announced the masthead changes last week with understandable assurance. "It can be truly said," he said, "that the Times is a family enterprise...
...before inserting his peculiar inventiveness. The concerto for two keyboards and orchestra was a favorite of his, and the C Major Concerto is one of his loveliest works. It is played with great finesse by Clara Haskil (who created a sensation with the Boston Symphony this fall) and Geza Anda. (Angle...
...Long afterward, when the late Carr Van Anda, managing editor, was visiting Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail in London, Northcliffe's editor opened a desk drawer and showed him a copy of the Times dated April 19, 1912. Said he: "We keep this as an example of the greatest accomplishment in news reporting...
...first local concert of the Harvard Glee Club served as a preview as well as a benefit for its projected European tour next summer. Several of the works performed on Friday night are being groomed for Europe, anda portion of the concert was sung only by the singers on the European list...